Pump



' Nov. 3, 1942.

J. LE VALLEY PUMP Filed Sept. 5, 1941 25 INVEN-ron y zibb Le Valley.

Patented Nov. 3, 1942 PUMP John Le Valley, Painted Post, N. Y., assignor to Ingersoll-Band Company, New York, N. Y., a corporation of New Jersey Application September 3, 1941, Serial No. 409,346 `2 claims. '(01. 1in- 27) 'I'his invention relates to pumps, and more particularly to a pump of the reciprocatory piston type.

One farm of service of a pump constructed in accordance with the practice of the invention may be that of pumping oil to the bearings -of a rotary shaft, and when serving in that capacity the pump piston may, in addition to its normal pumping function, serve as a conduit for conveying the discharge oil from the pumping chamber.

-It is an object of the invention to simplify the construction and minimize the number of parts of the pump.

Another object is to minimize the cost of constructing and assembling of the cylinder and piston members of the pump in order to assure relative coaxial alignment thereof.

v'ther objects will be in part obvious and in part pointed out hereinafter.

In the drawing accompanying this specification and in which similar reference numerals refer to similar parts.

Figure 1 is a longitudinal elevation, partly in section, of a pump constructed in accordance with the practice of the invention and showing it applied to the crank shaft of a machine, and

Figures 2 and 3 are transverse views taken through Figure l on the lines 2-2 and 3 3, respectively.

Referring more particularly to the drawing, 20 designates a casing which may be that of a compressor or internal combustion engine, and 2| is a crank shaft supported by a bearing 22 in the casing 20. The crank shaft has the usual crank pin 23 located in a crank chamber 24 in the casing 20 and a connecting rod 25 is shown attached to the crank pin 23.

Ilhe lower portion of the crank chamber 24 serves as a reservoir 26 for oil 21 which may be introduced into the reservoir 28 through an opening 28, in the side of the casing, normally sealed by a plug 29 threaded into the opening.

In the arrangement shown the pump, constructed in accordance with the practice of the invention and designated in its entirety by 30, comprises a reciprocatory piston 3|, actuated by the crank shaft 2|, and a cylinder 32 in the crank chamber to receive the piston. The piston 3| is in the form of a rigid plunger having a hub portion 33 with a bore 34 to receive a crank 35 on the end of the shaft 2|.

The cylinder 32 is supported by the casing 20 and is accordingly provided with a trunnion 36 the crank chamber 24. The trunnion 36 and a horizontal recess 38, in the end wall of the casing 20, into which the trunnion extends are preferably of large diameter to assure ample bearing surfaces on the two and the trunnion is hollow having a recess 30 to minimize the weight of the cylinder member.

lThe trunnion is freely rotatable in the bearing 31 and also capable of a slight degree of endwise movement in the bearing 31 to enable the cylinder 32 to readily remain in axial alignment with the piston 3|. Preferably the hub portion 33 is also free to move slightly endwise of the crank 35 to further assure concentricity of the piston 3| with the cylinder 32.

The piston 3| is, however, limited 1n its move-Y ment in the direction of the main body of the crank shaft 2| by a shoulder 40 on the crank shaft 2|, adjacent the juncture 0f the crank 35 with the shaft, and movement of the piston and cylinder assembly endwise of the shaft in an opposite direction is limited by the end 4| of the bearing 3l, there being normally a slight space 42 between the cylinder 32 and the bearing.

As will be readily observed, the shoulder and the enc. 4| of the bearing 31 lie on the opposite sides of the plane of movement of the piston so that one or the other will act as an abutment 30 to limit the movement of the pump longitudinally of the shaft 2|. 'I'he clearance provided for this purpose need be of only suillcient extent to enable the piston 3| and the cylinder 32 to readily accommodate themselves to each others position. A

35 desirable advantage of this arrangement is that no securing devices are required for retaining the hub 33 upon the crank 35 and the trunnion 36 within the bearing 31.

As a preferred arrangement, the trunnion 36 is 40 located adjacent the upper end of the cylinder In order to prevent the entrance of foreign matter with the oil into the piston chamber 44 a screen 41 is attached to the side of the cylinder 32 to overlie the inlet end of the passage 43 or,

as shown, an enlarged recess 48 in the side of the cylinder 32 through which the ltered oil flows that is journaled in a bearing 31 on the wall of 55 to the passage 43.

In instances of use where the pump 30 serves to supply lubricant under pressure to the bearing surfaces of the shaft actuating the pump, the piston 3| also serves as a conduit for the discharge oil from the piston chamber 44. Thus, in the structure shown, the piston is provided with a discharge passage 49 that communicates with the piston chamber through a port 5l) controlled by a ball valve 5| seating against the lower end of the passage 49.

'I'he upper end of the passage 4'9 opens into an annular groove 52 in the bore 34, and in the crank 35 is a port 53 to afford communication between the annular sage 54 extending through the crank 35 and the shaft 2|, said passage 54 having suitable branch passages for supplying oil to the various lbearing surfaces of the shaft 2|. Preferably a relief valve mechanism 55 is attached to the end of the crank 35 to prevent the creation of excessive pressure within the passage 54 and associated passages. v

'I'he relief valve mechanism may be of any well known type comprising a casing- 56 which is threadedly connected to the crank 35 and has a relief passage 51 communicating with the passage A54 and controlled by a spring-pressed ball In the form of the invention illustrated a portion of the oil flowing through the piston 3| is diverted to effect the lubrication of the cooperating surfaces of the trunnion 36 and the bearing 31. The piston 3| is accordingly provided with ports 59 that openv into an annular groove 50 in the periphery of the piston, and in the wall of 'the cylinder is a port 6| to afford communication between the groove 60 and the recess 39. A port 62 in the upper part of the l aring 31 adjacent the rearward end of the recess 38 vents said recess to avoid undue pressure against the trunniontending to move it outwardly in the bearing 31.

The ports 59 and 5| size but it is preferred that the annular groove 3l be shallow in order to avoid the too free escape of oil from the discharge passage 49 during a portion of the pumping stroke oi' the piston 3|. The groove 69 is, however, of a length to aord constant communication .between the ports 39 and 5| throughout the stroke of the piston 3|.

The operation of the device, briey described, is as follows: Upon rotation of the shaft 2| the piston 3| is caused to reciprocate within the cylinder 32 and, on its upward stroke, draws oil into the sage 43.- During the following downward stroke oi' the piston the valve 46 seals the inlet passage 43 and the oil is forced from the piston chamber conveying may be of any suitable piston chamber through the inlet pas-.

groove 52 and a supply pasthe passages 49-54 44 through the port 50 into the discharge passage 49, the passage 54 and its branch passages. On this stroke oi' the piston the ball valve 5| is. of course, unseated and again returns to its seat at the beginning of the suction stroke of the piston to prevent the return ow of oil from the discharge passage 49 into the piston chamber 44.

During such operation of the piston a portion of oil passes from the discharge passage 49 into the groove to lubricate the cooperating surfaces of the piston and the cylinder and oil also flows through the port 6| into the recess 38 to lubricate the cooperating surfaces of the trunnion 36 and the bearing 31.

In the event that the pressure of the oil within should rise above that which it may be intended to maintain therein the ball valve 58 will be unseated and a portion 'of the oil will escape through the passage 51 into the crank chamber.

I claim: f

1. A pump, comprising a casing, a reservoir for oil, a rotary shaft supported by the casing, a piston member and a `cylinder member Ycooperating with each other telescopically for pumping oil from the reservoir, an inlet passage in one member for conveying oil from the reservoir into the cylinder member, a discharge passage in the other member for conveying oil'from the cylinder member, means for pivotally connecting one member to the shaft on an axis off-set with respect to the axis of rotation of the shaft, a trunnionon the other member, there being a horizontal recess in the casing to receive the trunnion, channels in the piston member and the cylinder member to afford constant communication -between'the cylinder member and the recess for supplying oil to the recess, and a vent in the casing opening into the upper part of the recess to permit the passage of oil from the recess.

2. A pump, comprising a casing, a reservoir for oil, a rotary shaft in the casing having a crank and a passage for oil, a cylinder in the casing having an inlet passage opening into the reservoir, a valve to control the inlet passage, a trunnion on the cylinder, there being a horizontal recess in the casing to receive the trunnion, a piston connected to the crank and reciprocable in the cylinder to force oil from the cylinder and having a discharge passage for conveying oil from the cylinder to the first-mentioned passage, channels in the piston and cylinder to afford constant communication between the cylinder and the recess for supplying oil to the recess, and a vent in the casing opening into the upper part of the recess to permit the passage of oil from the recess.

JOHN LE VALLEY. 

